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Commentary
Nature 443, 907-908 (26 October 2006) | doi:10.1038/443907a; Published online 25 October 2006
Preparing for the worst
- Michael May is director emeritus of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and is at Stanford University
- Jay Davis is former director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Raymond Jeanloz is chair of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on International Security and Arms Control, and is at the University of California, Berkeley.
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An international data bank of nuclear explosives is needed to determine the source of nuclear materials following an explosion, argue Michael May, Jay Davis and Raymond Jeanloz.
The ultimate terrorist attack is a nuclear explosion in a city. The likelihood of such an event is uncertain, but the consequences would be enormous.
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